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Flat White

Mad Uncle Barnaby stays in the attic

4 February 2020

12:03 PM

4 February 2020

12:03 PM

Politics is the natural stage for egotists, narcissists and attention-seekers.

So it was no surprise today to see Barnaby Joyce, who is all these things and more, force a spill of the National party leadership to reclaim the deputy prime ministership he obviously believes is rightly his.

The actual vote hasn’t been revealed but reported as 11-10.

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